LDHD

LDHD
Identifiers
Aliases	LDHD, DLD, lactate dehydrogenase D, DLACD
External IDs	OMIM: 607490; MGI: 106428; GeneCards: LDHD
Gene location (Human)
Chr.	Chromosome 16 (human)
End	75,116,780 bp
Gene location (Mouse)
Chr.	Chromosome 8 (mouse)
End	112,357,006 bp
RNA expression pattern
	Top expressed in
	apex of heart; ; right lobe of liver; ; mucosa of transverse colon; ; muscle of thigh; ; left ventricle; ; gastrocnemius muscle; ; right auricle of heart; ; testicle; ; body of stomach; ; right adrenal cortex;
	Top expressed in
	right kidney; ; human kidney; ; left lobe of liver; ; interventricular septum; ; olfactory epithelium; ; proximal tubule; ; muscle of thigh; ; epithelium of stomach; ; gastrula; ; brown adipose tissue;
	More reference expression data
	n/a
Gene ontology
Molecular function	oxidoreductase activity; D-lactate dehydrogenase (cytochrome) activity; protein binding; catalytic activity; flavin adenine dinucleotide binding; oxidoreductase activity, acting on CH-OH group of donors; FAD binding; D-lactate dehydrogenase activity;
Cellular component	mitochondrial inner membrane; mitochondrion;
Biological process	lactate catabolic process;
	Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs
Databases	NCBI: entry; OMA: entry
	197257
	52815
	ENSG00000166816
	ENSMUSG00000031958
	Q86WU2
	Q7TNG8
	NM_194436; NM_153486
	NM_027570
	NP_705690; NP_919417
	NP_081846
	Wikidata
View/Edit Human	View/Edit Mouse

Lactate dehydrogenase D is a protein that in humans is encoded by the LDHD gene. Lactate dehydrogenase D is a mitochondrial oxidoreductase that participates in lactate catabolism.

References

1 2 3 GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000166816 – Ensembl, May 2017
1 2 3 GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000031958 – Ensembl, May 2017
↑ "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
↑ "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
↑ "LDHD Gene - GeneCards". www.genecards.org. Retrieved 2026-10-05.

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[refGRCh38Ensembl-1] 1 2 3 GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000166816 – Ensembl, May 2017

[refGRCm38Ensembl-2] 1 2 3 GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000031958 – Ensembl, May 2017

[3] "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.

[4] "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.

[5] "LDHD Gene - GeneCards". www.genecards.org. Retrieved 2026-10-05.